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Atikh Rashid
Atikh is Senior Correspondent with The Indian Express' Pune bureau and reports on local issues, politics, governance and cinema. He tweets @ThePikaro
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Know Your City: When a Pune-Mumbai flight crashed in the hills in August 1979 killing all 45 on board
January 21,2023 13:35:33 PM
The short-duration flight service between Pune and Mumbai (then Bombay) was popular among the elite because of the unreliability of road transport in the pre-Expressway days.
Sat, Jan 21, 2023
Know Your City: How Pune’s first library, which turns 175 this year, rose from the ashes
January 14,2023 11:48:19 AM
After being gutted in a fire in 1879, Pune Nagar Vachan Mandir continues to serve the reading public in the city at a monthly fee of just Rs 30.
Sat, Jan 14, 2023
Pune Airport mulls restarting Pune-Mumbai flight, expert says service a ‘necessity’
January 12,2023 18:31:55 PM
Aviation expert Dhairyashil Vandekar said that such a service is a need of the hour but would require AAI to adopt an encouraging policy to make it financially viable for the airlines.
Fri, Jan 13, 2023
Know Your City: How ‘Poona’ became a popular name for British merchant ships
December 17,2022 12:21:32 PM
'Poonah', an archaic spelling of Poona, seemed to be a popular name for ships in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Sat, Dec 17, 2022
Legal battle over demolitions near tomb of Afzal Khan in MaharashtraPremium Story
November 11,2022 19:55:40 PM
Petitions have been filed in the Bombay High Court as early as 2004, demanding the demolition of "illegal" structures allegedly built around Afzal Khan's tomb.
Sat, Nov 12, 2022
Know Your City: Bahulicha Haud, a Pune monument to a daughter lost to the cause of women’s educationSign In to read
September 24,2022 09:43:36 AM
Eight-year-old Kashibai, the daughter of renowned surgeon Dr Vishram Ramji Ghole, a supporter of Mahatma Phule, was reportedly killed by relatives for going to school.
Sat, Sep 24, 2022
Know Your City: Dagadusheth Halwai, the wrestler-trader behind Pune’s most popular Ganpati templeSign In to read
September 03,2022 13:53:34 PM
The Dagadusheth Halwai Ganpati holds the rare distinction of being named after a devotee, but it wasn’t always called so. For many decades, the idol was referred to as the Bahuli Haudacha Ganpati as it was situated near the popular reservoir near Kotwal Chawdi in Pune’s old city area.
Sun, Sep 04, 2022
Arvind and Anna: The protege and the estranged guru, linked by IAC stir, split by politicsSign In to read
August 31,2022 21:42:26 PM
“Annaji is not an RSS or BJP man… But it is true BJP leaders are trying to influence him,” says aide Vishwambhar Choudhari
Wed, Aug 31, 2022
Dehlavi To Rushdie, how Salman Rushdie’s father ‘invented’ a family name to honour 12th-century Muslim rationalistSign In to read
August 18,2022 12:50:44 PM
When 'The Satanic Verses' controversy broke out in 1988, Rushdie thought to himself that he was entering the battle "with the right name" and the "right flag" - that of Ibn Rushd.
Thu, Aug 18, 2022
Kolhapur health workers brave difficult terrain to give vaccines in remote Maharashtra village, video goes viralPremium Story
July 14,2022 16:43:07 PM
A group of ASHA workers walked on foot through thick jungle to remote Dhangarwada village in Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, as part of “Har Ghar Dastak 2.0” campaign and Diarrhoea Control Fortnight.
Fri, Jul 15, 2022
Know Your City: How a rhinoplasty in Pune back in 1793 became a model for European surgeonsPremium Story
June 25,2022 11:48:51 AM
Cowasjee, a bullock cart driver employed by British Army, had suffered nasal mutilation on the orders of Tipu Sultan in the third Anglo-Mysore war of 1792. An Indian potter reconstructed Cowasjee's nose in January 1793 in Pune.
Thu, Jul 28, 2022
Know Your City: When Mahatma Phule contested Pune Municipality’s first-ever poll and lost badlyPremium Story
June 11,2022 09:58:29 AM
Phule’s defeat came despite his name as a leading reformer and his experience of serving in the municipality as a nominated member for a few years before the maiden election.
Sat, Jun 11, 2022
Know Your City: Dhakta Shaikh Salla Dargah, a 14th-century Pune shrine patronised by the PeshwasPremium Story
May 28,2022 12:45:21 PM
In 1768, Madhavrao Peshwa I even allotted Rs 1,400 to carry out some construction work at two prominent dargahs in Pune, one of which was Shaikh Salla's.
Sun, May 29, 2022
Maharashtra govt publishes draft rules for wine sale in supermarkets, seeks suggestions till June 29Premium Story
April 06,2022 13:48:16 PM
The policy declared by the government on January 27 created a controversy in the state with severe objection from opposition parties. Activist Anna Hazare announced a fast unto death if the government did not roll back the policy.
Thu, Apr 07, 2022
Know Your City: After 1857 revolt, British considered moving India’s capital to PunePremium Story
March 19,2022 11:10:59 AM
During the British government’s search for a more centrally-located capital, Viceroy Lord John Lawrence suggested Poona as a “salubrious” option only “eighty miles distant, and connected by railway with Bombay.”
Wed, Mar 23, 2022
Know Your City: How Pune’s Sangam, the ‘most enviable residence’, was gutted in the Third Anglo-Maratha warPremium Story
March 05,2022 13:01:19 PM
In the late 1700s, British Resident Charles Warre Malet’s dwelling 'Sangam' had emerged as a cultural hub acquainting the Maratha nobility with European arts, sciences and medicine.
Thu, Mar 17, 2022
Know Your City: Ghashiram Kotwal, the police chief of Pune who was lynched by locals in 1791Premium Story
February 19,2022 10:23:48 AM
The only evidence of Ghashiram's iron fisted reign of Pune is dilapidated parts of the mansion that he (or his sons) built in eastern parts of the city just a few years before Kotwal's gruesome lynching.
Wed, Feb 23, 2022
How Rahul Bajaj and Bajaj Chetak beat Government restrictions, legal challenges by competitorsPremium Story
February 13,2022 09:35:01 AM
After the success of Bajaj scooters, Italian automobile manufacturer Piaggio accused Bajaj Auto of “misappropriating the design of Vespa” and continuing to manufacture the two-wheelers even after the end of the contract in 1971.
Sun, Feb 13, 2022
Know Your City: The ‘Jumbo Hospitals’ that British set up in Pune during the bubonic plague and why locals hated themPremium Story
January 29,2022 11:19:51 AM
The city had separate plague hospitals for Hindus, Muslims, and Parsis, apart from a General Plague Hospital, managed by respective communities to address the concerns of “caste contamination”.
Sat, Jan 29, 2022
NCP leader Amol Kolhe plays Godse in short film, puts party in a fixPremium Story
January 21,2022 10:51:35 AM
Amol Kolhe has urged people to differentiate between ‘reel life’ and ‘real life’.
Sat, Jan 22, 2022
Know Your City: How badminton was born in Pune as a pastime for bored British officers, their wivesPremium Story
December 18,2021 10:57:18 AM
The first informal set of rules of badminton — initially called 'Poona' – were formed in India by the British colonists in 1867. Later, as the British officers took the game back home, it acquired the name of Badminton after the country estate of Duke of Beaufort.
Sun, Dec 19, 2021
Never met Shah Rukh Khan; Bollywood stars soft target for central agencies: MalikPremium Story
November 30,2021 18:27:01 PM
🔴 NCP leader Nawab Malik reiterated that Bollywood was being targeted and maligned by central agencies because "a plan has been hatched to shift the film industry to Uttar Pradesh."
Tue, Nov 30, 2021
Babasaheb Purandare, ‘Shivaji’s Bard’ who brought him alive through storiesPremium Story
November 15,2021 16:45:43 PM
In his prolific writing career, Purandare wrote several books, almost exclusively focussing on Shivaii's life and times, including a two-volume biography of 'Raje Shivchhatrapati'.
Mon, Nov 15, 2021
Agree with Kangana’s remarks on Independence, says actor Vikram GokhalePremium Story
November 14,2021 20:03:08 PM
“I agree with what Kangana has said. We got freedom in alms. The fighters who wanted to snatch it from the British were hanged and the bigwigs at that time did not attempt to save them,” Gokhale said.
Mon, Nov 15, 2021
Know Your City: Pune-Mumbai journey was an arduous three-day affair until Bhor Ghat was conqueredPremium Story
November 13,2021 11:37:35 AM
In the early 19th century, those travelling between Pune and Mumbai had to journey through the plains using palanquins, carts or horses, then traverse the sea in boats and finally undertake a multi-mile trek along the treacherous Bhor Ghat.
Sun, Nov 14, 2021